A brief answer to two papers procured from Friends in Maryland the one concerning Thomas Budds favouring John Lynam &c., the other concerning his owning George Keith's principles and doctrines. Budd, Thomas, 1648-1699. 1692 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A30011 Wing B5355 ESTC R2763 13663789 ocm 13663789 101145 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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WHereas there is two Papers procured from Friends in Maryland , on purpose to defame me , I think fit to give a true relation of the whole matter , and leave it to the Consideration of all Impartial Friends of Truth : The matter then is this , as followeth , viz. About twelve Years ago John ●ary and his Wife came to Burlington , and shew a Letter from G. F. directed to him and three other Friends , in which they were advised by G. F. to vi●it Friends in West Jarsey , and Friends not knowing of the differences betwixt them and Friends in Maryland , they were kindly received , and her Testimony owned . When they went back Robert Stacy and my self took the opportunity of going in their Boat to the Meeting at West-River , where some of Rob. Stacy's old Acquaintance came to visit us , and much frequented our company , viz. John Lynam and his Wife , Edw. Serson , and others , all of them being strangers to me . Now I found Friends to carry it very straitly to us , but not one of them did in the least inform me the reason of their strait carriage all the time of the Meeting , or that John Lynam and his Wife , &c. were out of unity with Friends , but observed that they were suffered to speak in their Meetings ; and what information I had of the matter it was from some of the above-said Persons that much frequented our company , and who no doubt would make the best of their own Cause , which I had not favoured , had Friends discha●ged their duty to me , by giving me an account of their being out of Unity , &c. for when I came to have a right ●nformation concerning them , I writ to Friends my sence thereof , and did also write a Letter to John Lynam , &c. advi-sing them to be reconciled to their Brethen ; and the next time that I was at the Meeting at West-River , which was about two years ago , where I publickly declared against that Contentious Spirit in J. L. and his Wife , &c. declaring it ( as they say in their Paper ) to be a killing Spirit , which I still own , believing that J. L. and the rest , ( having so many years continued in that contentious Spirit ) had lost their condition , and were thereby become very unfit to preach so frequently as they now do . But it is very strange that Copies should be given out of the Meeting-Book , to let People know the hurt they say I received by a few days accompanying with the said Persons , when at the same time they own their Ministry , and John Lynam is one of the 28 Judges against G. K. and his Friends , altho' a stranger to the Differences . But the reason of the reviving of these old matters is to insinuate into People that I having once been mistaken , so as to favour such bad Spirits as John Lynam and the rest , I might also be mistaken in my Friend G. Keith . To which I say , That it was not suddainly that I joyned with G.K. but after diligent search and enquiry into the matter , and earnest Supplication to the Lord , that he would guide me aright , I was drawn forth to joyn with G. K. in his Christian Testimony , and witness Peace and Satisfaction from the Lord therein . And notwithstanding the 28 Judges say , that G. K. is fallen from the High Places of Israel , as a man slain in his High Places , and become Treacherous to the Spouse of his Youth , & as a man without the fear of God before his Eyes ; G. K. is a living man , and it is the Glory of God , Prosperity of Truth , and Salvation of Souls that he travails for ; and these things are Slanders and Lyes writ on purpose , by prejudiced men against him , to slay him in his Reputation , and lessen Peoples Love to him and his powerful Gospel Ministry , and to hide their own Ignorance , Error & Unbelief in those Fundamental Principles of Christian Doctrine , which are the Foundation Cause of the present Difference and Seperation . The other Paper , which they also recommend to Friends , ( signed by Henry Hosier , John Frue and Charles Hollesworth ) saith , viz. Vnderstanding that Thomas Budd is one with George Keith , owning his Principles , which for some Years past he by his own mouth declared & cautioned several to beware of , saying , there were dangerous Doctrines that would break forth among us before long by George Keith . Answer ; I do freely acknowledge that I am one with G. K. in his present Christian Testimony , and own his sound Christian Principles ; but that he doth hold any dangerous Doctrines , or that dangerous Doctrines are broken forth amongst us who are joyned with G. K. remains for them to tell wherein ; if they had known of any dangerous Doctrines among us , it had been more Christian in them to have writ to us and told wherein we were in an Error , than to have sent Papers privately abroad , insinuating as if there were dangerous Doctrines broken forth among us ; by which it appears , they are either ignorant of the Doctrines & Principles we own , or unbelievers therein , and for their better In●ormation , I recommend to their perusal the Sheet called . An Account of the Sincere Christian Faith of some of the faithful People called Quakers in Pennsilvania , &c. wherein I hope will be found no dangerous Doctrines . But that dangerous Doctrines are held by them that we meet apart from , will easily appear by a few things mentioned , that are well known to be true , viz. The Fitzwater said to me , in the presence of divers Witnesss , That he did not own any Man Christ Jesus as Mediator in H●a●en without him , but the Grace of God within him ; and tho' I complained against him to Friends of the Ministry at their Meeting at Burlington , yet they dealt not with him , nor so much as blamed him , which manifests they are one with him in his Unbelief . And the Act of their Monthly Meeting may witness what dangerous Doctrines they hold , viz. That the Light is sufficient to Salvation without any thing else , viz. without the Man Christ Jesus , and without the Faith of his Death , Resurrection , Ascention and Mediation , which is that something else we hold to be necessary to make a man a true Christian , as well as to believe in the Light within . And whereas they say , That I said after a mysterious manner , That a Star would fall , cautioning all to beware of the Times that were coming . In answer , I say , that several Stars are fallen , and many apostatized from the Faith , witness W. Stockdale , who said , That to preach Faith in Christ within , and in Christ without was to preach two Christ ; and Arthur Cook put G. K. to prove by Scripture , that we were to believe in Christ within and in Christ without . And in opposition to G. K's affirming the necessity of the Faith of Christ without , as well as in Christ within , Tho Lloyd said , That Christ within did all and argued some hours , That we might be Christians good enough without all Faith of Christ as he dyed for our sins , rose again , &c R. Young said , That he never read in all the Scriptures of Christ without , but that Christ was seperated from his Body in the Cloud , &c. Also , witness some here called Quakers at Philadelphia hiring men to fight , and signing Commi●sion so to do , and furnishing the Indians with Powder & Lead to go to war with other Indians , and some called Ministers among them being worldly Judges and have sentenced to Dea●h , &c. and their Persecution by fining and Imprisoning of some of their Brethren for asserting the antient Principles of Truth and faithful Friends , which they are apostatized from . Thomas Budd . Printed in the Year 1692.